A Victorian opaline glass table lamp, last quarter 19th century

gilt-brass mounted, adapted and cracked, together with a smaller similar version, altered from a larger lamp with brass claw and ball feet and a silk shade (2)

The Duchess of Devonshire, Chatsworth, The House, London, 2002, p. 203;
Lady Sophia Topley, The World of Interiors, 'Mayfair Lady', March 2005, p. 109;
Charlotte Mosley, The World of Interiors, 'Debo’s Delights’, September 2010, p. 84.

Both lamps will require re-wiring by a qualified electrician and are being sold not working as decorative pieces only, The larger is lovely quality and such a shame that it is cracked. There are also some chips to glass. The brass is tarnished on both and there are paint splatters throughout, The smaller has been cut down from a very similar lamp, base possibly associated. The shade with old marks and scratches. smaller lamp: (not including shade) 36cm. high; 1ft. 2in.
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